July 30, 2012
Latest updates from the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Israeli flag bearer Shahar Zubari leads the contingent during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 27. Photo by REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Monday July 30
Men’s Swimming
Gal Nevo (ISRAEL) 200m Butterfly men
- Finish first in his heat but did not qualify for the semifinals
Women’s Swimming
Amit Ivri (ISRAEL) - 200m Individual Medley
- Finished 5th in her heat and qualified for the semifinals
Men’s Judo
Josef (Susu) Pakelashvili (ISRAEL) 73kg
- Beat Sezer Huysuz (Turkey) in the round of 32
- Lost to Riki Nakaya (Japan) in the round of 16, Nakaya won the gold
Men’s Shooting
Sergey Richter (ISRAEL) Aur Rifle 10m
- Did not qualify for finals after finishing ninth with 595 points; needed one more point to qualify
Sunday, July 29
Women’s Gymnastics
Alexandra (Aly) Raisman (USA)
- Qualified for the finals of the beam routine after finishing fifth overall with a 15.1/20 score
- Qualified for the finals of the floor routine after finishing first overall with a 15.325/20 score
- Qualified for the all-around individual finals after finishing second overall. Current world champion, American Jordyn Wieber failed to qualify after finishing third (only two gymnists from each country are allowed in the final)
- Qualified for the all-around team finals with team USA after finishing first
Valeria Maksiuta (ISRAEL)
- Did not qualify for finals after finishing 59th out of 60 overall
- Maksiuta fell from the beam during her routine
Men’s Swimming
Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or (ISRAEL) 200m Freestyle
- Did not qualify for semifinals
- Was forced to swim with a teammate’s cap after Israeli sponsor Speedo did not provide him with personal cap
Yakov Toumarkin (ISRAEL) 100m Backstroke men
- Did not qualify for semifinals
Men’s Fencing
Timothy Morhouse (USA) Sabre
- Beat Veniamin Reshetnikov (Russia) in the round of 32
- Beat Dmitri Lapkes (Belarus) in the round of 16
- Lost to Diego Occhiuzzi (Italy) in the quarterfinals
Men’s Judo
Golan Polak (ISRAEL) 66Kg
- Lost to David Larose (France) in the round of 32
Women’s Tennis
Shahar Peer (ISRAEL) Singles
- Lost to Maria Sharapova (Russia) 2:6, 0:6; knocked out
-Hasn’t beaten Sharapova in seven matches
Men’s Badminton
Misha Zilberman (ISRAEL)
- lost to Derek Wong (Singapore) 2-0, knocked out.
Saturday, July 28
Men’s Gymnastics
Alex Shatilov (ISRAEL)
- Qualified for the finals of the floor routine after finishing 4th overall with 15.6333/20 score.
- Qualified for the all-around invdividual final after finishing 12th overall. Final is this Wednesday.
Felix Aronovich (ISRAEL)
- Did not qualify for the all-around or individual finals after finishing 32nd overall.
Men’s Swimming
Gal Nevo (ISRAEL) - 400m Individual Medley
- Did not qualify for semifinals.
- Tunisian swimmer Taki Marbet did not show up to the heat after refusing to swim with Nevo
Imri Ganiel (ISRAEL) - 100m Breaststroke
- Did not qualify for semifinals
Ahmed Gebrel (PALESTINIAN TEAM) - 400m Freestyle
- Did not qualiify for semifinals
Women’s Swimming
Amit Ivry (ISRAEL) - 100m Butterfly
- Did not qualiify for semifinals
Men’s Rowing
David Banks (USA) - Men Eight
- Qualified for the finals for team USA after finishing first
Men’s Judo
Tommy Arshanski (ISRAEL) - 60Kg
- Beat Jeroen Mooren (Netherlands) in the Round of 32
- Lost to Hiraoki Hiraoka (Japan) in the Round of 16 (Hiraoka won silver medal)
Men’s Tennis
Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich (ISRAEL) - Doubles
- Beat Granoller and Lopez (Spain) 7:6, 7:6 in first round
- set to play winner between Japanese and Swiss team (Swiss team top player Roger Federer), date TBD
Men’s Badminton
Misha Zilberman (ISRAEL)
- Lost to Jan Jorgensen (Denmark) 2-0 in group stage
